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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

I definitely think email lists will be important.

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pasta.pilled @pastapilled.bsky.social · 1d

subscribe to spitfire news, it's free! (or give them money, for a boost of dopamine)

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! These tech monopolies are definitely a part of the problem, and a lot of the legislation aimed at the internet right now will empower them to further crush competitors and consolidate power

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

I often think about how tethered my reach is to these platforms and how I would communicate with an audience without them. It would be really, really hard

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

I think people take for granted the ability to post freely on the internet. Our ability to do so is endangered. Social media isn't going away but the powers that be are hyper focused on making it an echo chamber

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 1d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 1d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

All these suspensions are... a really bad omen, to put it lightly

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 1d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

The latter, for sure. They’ll never win over conservatives. There will always be a “more conservative” option, and the audience leaving Fox is going further right

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1d

this is a key point that i'm seeing a lot of casual observers miss as they call for boycotting paramount (sure, fine) & note that weiss lacks the skill to run cbs (correct.) the project is to dismantle the news media. traditional business metrics don't really apply when the goal is destruction.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Installing someone like Bari Weiss as the head of a major news organization isn’t even about profit or longevity. In effect it’s about continuing to shrink the traditional news industry smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker and less and less journalism based until it ceases to exist

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

That’s exactly what the people who made this decision and the people who benefit from this decision want, even if they won’t admit it (even if they don’t truly realize it). That has been the trend for the industry and they’re quadrupling down on it. Journalism doesn’t actually benefit them, it hurts

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Installing someone like Bari Weiss as the head of a major news organization isn’t even about profit or longevity. In effect it’s about continuing to shrink the traditional news industry smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker and less and less journalism based until it ceases to exist

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like every community I'm a part of is in deep leadership crisis mode, and I can't help but feel that the broader political environment is putting earth core-degree pressure on every organizational fault line right now

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d

It is so, so frustrating

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

If there's just one piece of wisdom I can impart to everyone, it's that trying to post your way though it almost never works out the way you think it will

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d

It’s wild how much hate people get for pointing out that Taylor Swift’s mass market lyricism and artistry about white heterosexual womanhood do in fact reflect and contribute to the sociopolitical culture we all share. Certain types of fandom are actively hostile to cultural critique!

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 3d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 3d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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COUPON CODE: RECESSION50 @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 3d

Quite literally the first thing I saw on my timeline earlier was the n word. Hard r. Thousands of likes. Use twitter if you want, it’s not my business to moralize on that. But anybody who pretends it’s anything but this is lying to themselves

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

Something I’ve heard recently from some people who are still active there is that it has gone back to normal or that it’s a functioning platform again, and I don’t think that’s right at all. I just think people have become comfortable with it

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! It is literally a propaganda website designed, as part of the propaganda, to appear as a “public square.” But it’s a tool of actively hostile political interference!

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! People are used to this now, but it still unsettles and upsets me when I scroll over there. I think people who aren’t using Bluesky or Threads or any alternatives aren’t seeing it as much because they have less of a point of comparison

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

Obviously, this isn’t entirely new, and it escalated precisely because it was tolerated against the same targets over the years. But it HAS escalated. It HAS gotten worse. And we can measure that and the ramifications of it, but people don’t want to admit or accept it

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

I spend a lot of time there still and the embrace of the propaganda—which didn’t used to happen like this—takes my breath away. Viral posts celebrating violence against women, violence against immigrants, racism, fascism, etc. Side by side with Taylor Swift discourse and “Grok”

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